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Gerben Debruyn @gdebruyn.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

What makes this parrot look green? It's more than just a pigment! We found that the color comes from the interaction of pigments, nano- and even microstructures of the feather itself. @jessica-dobson.bsky.social @michaelnicolai.bsky.social @wybouw.bsky.social @lilianadalba.bsky.social.

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Gerben Debruyn @gdebruyn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Starting of with Phasmedia - Wietse Chanet talking about his work!

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Gerben Debruyn @gdebruyn.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Big day today for the stick insect enthousiasts. Day filled with interesting talks and many bugs! @tbuescher.bsky.social

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Jessica Dobson @jessica-dobson.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Back again with more cool mammal updates, this time in maybe the coolest mammal - the platypus! Thrilled to share the second chapter of my PhD, out today in Biology Letters. We found spherical hollow melanosomes in the fur of the platypus, maybe a total vertebrate first! doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

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Jessica Dobson @jessica-dobson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Super happy to share the first chapter of my PhD, published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface ✨🐀 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... Iridescence in mammals is not as rare as we thought, but it’s all created in the same way!

Rainbow-like colours in the fur of a tropical rat (Otomys tropicalis)

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Gerben Debruyn @gdebruyn.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting our research on phasmid eggs at the international stick insect meeting organized at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. A big thanks to the organizers for the opportunity and creating such an amazing event!

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Nick Wybouw @wybouw.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Wonderful opening talk on phasmid egg colouration by @gdebruyn.bsky.social at the yearly International Stick Insect Meeting.

Gerben presents his work on phasmid egg colouration.

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Jonathan Goldenberg @jgoldenbergevo.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

🧵 1/ New study on squamate color evolution hits the press: we show that brightness variation in lizards & snakes is strongly linked to habitat openness 🌞 This reveals how ecological pressures drive color evolution in one of the most diverse groups of tetrapods www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 14/03/2025

In the final stretch of my PhD thesis on nests, I keep thinking about this pigeon's masterpiece. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just done. Let’s do this! 🐦🪶 #PhD #PhDsky 🧪

A pigeon sitting beside its simple nest—just a few twigs, nothing fancy, but it works. One egg rests inside, soon the city will welcome another little pigeon to its flock.

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Jonathan Goldenberg @jgoldenbergevo.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This is a major collaborative effort, involving 8 countries across 3 continents 🌎🌍🌏

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Jonathan Goldenberg @jgoldenbergevo.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Color evolution wasn’t inevitable - was it? In a recent article for @uk.theconversation.com, I explore some of the latest research on how animals and plants co-evolved to bring vibrant colors into our world theconversation.com/why-did-life...

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Why did life evolve to be so colourful? Research is starting to give us some answers

If evolution had taken a different turn, nature would be missing some colours.

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Gerben Debruyn @gdebruyn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We are very excited to share our new paper in Science! We show that a diverse group of Jurassic and Cretaceous mammals all had darkly-colored fur. Well how did we do this? Let' start at the beginning! 🧵 (1/6) @science.org

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Gerben Debruyn @gdebruyn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

In our newest paper we highlight the similarities and differences in biomineralization patterns of different animals eggshells! pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/A...

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